Thomas Albert Howard

On October 25, many churches will once again observe “Reformation Sunday,” commemorating the day in 1517 when Martin Luther is said to have nailed his Ninety-Five Theses concerning . . . . Continue Reading »1Nov2014

On October 31, 2017, the Protestant Reformation will turn 500. How ought one commemorate such an epochal, complex, and influential historical development? While the date is still a while off, I have . . . . Continue Reading »13May2013

As I write these paragraphs, a friend of mine is treading through his last twenty-four hours of life on this earth. Tomorrow morning he will be executed, after thirty years in solitary confinement in . . . . Continue Reading »1May2012

Founding the Fathers: ? Early Church History and Protestant Professors in Nineteenth-Century America by Elizabeth Clark University of Pennsylvania, 576 pages, $69.95 If you wish . . . to understand . . . . Continue Reading »1Nov2011

While a graduate student in history in the 1990s, I once asked a German friend what she found most remarkable about the United States. She recalled the experience of an evangelical woman telling her . . . . Continue Reading »1Mar2011

Since its founding, the United States has elicited much curiosity and commentary from European intellectuals. Oscillating between paternal interest and fraternal rivalry, Europes ambitious . . . . Continue Reading »1Jan2007

In recent years, there’s been no shortage of commentary on European anti-Americanism and the divide between Americans and Europeans on a number of issues”religion, most of all. The . . . . Continue Reading »1Nov2006